US EditionDear Abby: If my fiance doesn’t stop trying to mother me, I’m going to have to call this relationship off
- A man engaged to a delightful foreign divorcee with a 19-year-old college son writes to Dear Abby about relationship issues.
- He feels his fiancee treats him like her son by repeatedly asking if he is cold, hungry, or tired, despite his pleas.
- The author, a healthy man with an M.D., Ph.D., and six grown children, states he needs a lover, not a mother, but she ignores him.
- He says, "I need a lover, not a mother," but it doesn't seem to penetrate, and her maternal efforts cause frustration and distance.
- Dear Abby advises he must be more direct about considering ending the relationship if the maternal behavior continues unchanged.
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New Hampshire Union LeaderDear Abby: Fiancee treats man more like a child than as a partner
DEAR ABBY: I'm engaged to a delightful woman from a foreign country. She's a divorcee, and her 19-year-old son is doing well in college. She essentially raised him herself. Because of some spectrum disorder and ADHD symptoms, her son was apparently a handful. I am healthy, have multiple advanced degrees (including an M.D. and a Ph.D.) and have enjoyed a successful and lucrative career. I have raised six happy, healthy and independent children. I…
Dear Abby: I’m an educated, accomplished man, but my fiancee talks to me like I’m a child
DEAR ABBY: I’m engaged to a delightful woman from a foreign country. She’s a divorcee, and her 19-year-old son is doing well in college. She essentially raised him herself. Because of some spectrum disorder and ADHD symptoms, her son was apparently a handful. I am healthy, have multiple advanced degrees (including an M.D. and a Ph.D.), and have enjoyed a successful and lucrative career. I have raised six happy, healthy and independent children. …
DEAR ABBY: Fiancee treats man more like a child than as a partner
DEAR ABBY: I'm engaged to a delightful woman from a foreign country. She's a divorcee, and her 19-year-old son is doing well in college. She essentially raised him herself. Because of some spectrum disorder and ADHD symptoms, her son was apparently a handful. I am healthy, have multiple advanced degrees (including an M.D. and a Ph.D.), and have enjoyed a successful and lucrative career. I have raised six happy, healthy and independent children. …
Dear Abby: Fiancee insists on coddling me like a child, even though I’m more successful than her
DEAR ABBY: I’m engaged to a delightful woman from a foreign country. She’s a divorcee, and her 19-year-old son is doing well in college. She essentially raised him herself. Because of some spectrum disorder and ADHD symptoms, her son was apparently a handful. I am healthy, have multiple advanced degrees (including an M.D. and a Ph.D.), and have enjoyed a successful and lucrative career. I have raised six happy, healthy and independent children. …
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